After new Israeli strikes on Gaza, children were among the injured arriving Tuesday at Nasser Hospital in the town of Khan Younes, south of Gaza.
While the UN General Assembly formally demanded an immediate ceasefire in the fighting, Israel continued its offensive against Hamas leaders in Gaza, which it said could last weeks or even months. .
General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, but Assembly messages are important barometers of world opinion.
At this point, more than 18,000 Palestinians have been killed since October, around two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-controlled territory’s health ministry.
About 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been displaced inside the besieged territory, where U.N. agencies say there is no safe place to flee.
With only trickle humanitarian aid reaching a small part of Gaza, residents are facing severe shortages of food, water and other basic necessities.
Israel says 97 of its soldiers died in its ground offensive after Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages.
Qatar, which played a key mediating role, says efforts to stop the war and free all hostages will continue, but willingness to discuss a ceasefire is fading.
